Hi everyone, I have a problem with initialization. >>> a, b = [[]]*2 >>> a.append(1) >>> b [1]
Why is this? Why does not this behave like the below: >>> a, b = [[], []] >>> a.append(1) >>> b [] And, just to add to my confusion: >>> [[]]*2 [[], []] >>> [[], []] == [[]]*2 True Thanks in advance for the explanation. jbar BTW, if it matters... Python 2.4.1 (#2, Mar 30 2005, 20:41:35) [GCC 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-8ubuntu2)] on linux2 -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
